Paul Linke

Known for ActingBorn 1948-05-06 (age 78)New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Linke (born May 6, 1948) is an American actor, known for his role as Officer Artie Grossman in CHiPs, a television series about the motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol. Linke has worked in film and extensively in television, mostly portraying mild-mannered everyman roles. Linke was born in New York, New York, the son of Richard O. Linke, a personal manager, producer, and partner of Andy Griffith. During the timeframe of his character on the television series CHiPs, Linke played a similar role as Sheriff Bruce Smith in the cult classic, slasher film parody Motel Hell (1980). He also appeared in the film Parenthood (1989). His career has included appearances on many well known television series such as, The Waltons, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Knots Landing, St. Elsewhere, Quantum Leap and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He appeared in a 1985 episode of Three's a Crowd, a short-lived television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company starring John Ritter. Linke later spoke at Ritter's memorial service. In 2000 Linke co-wrote and directed the acclaimed stage play "Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly" with actor Charles Nelson Reilly, which was later made into the 2006 film "The Life of Reilly". Linke met his first wife, Francesca "Chex" Draper, a musician and composer, at a party in Los Angeles in 1976. They married in 1978 and had three children together, Jasper, Ryan and Rose. When his wife died of cancer in 1986, Linke channeled his grief into writing and performing a play called Time Flies When You're Alive. First presented as a one-man show in Los Angeles and HBO drama, the work was then developed into the book Time Flies When You're Alive: A Real-Life Love Story. The very emotional work has garnered critical acclaim. Linke later remarried Christine Healy in 1991. They have one child together, a daughter named Lily. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Linke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas

Quantum Leap

M*A*S*H

The Dreamer of Oz

Judging Amy

Strong Medicine

Murder, She Wrote

Happy Days

The Flash

Beverly Hills, 90210

K-PAX

21 Jump Street

Diagnosis: Murder

No One Would Tell

Profiler

Hunter

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

The Waltons

Knots Landing

CHiPs

Parenthood

Into the Homeland

Capital News

CHiPs '99

KGB: The Secret War

Every Woman's Dream

Hooperman

Smart House

The Guest House

The Baby Maker

Where Are My Children?

Melrose Place

Heart Like a Wheel

Motel Hell

Shootdown

St. Elsewhere

Big Bad Mama

Supertrain

Grand Theft Auto

Killing Mr. Griffin

Thirst

Shrunken Heads

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

The Fear Inside

Three for Two

Daddy's Boys

Fallen Angels

Lady in Waiting

MAS*H